Apartment fire causes $50,000 damage

Burlington firefighters quickly doused a small kitchen fire in a 9th floor apartment unit on Surrey Lane late this morning, but not before it caused a estimated $50,000 damage.

The Burlington Fire Department along with Halton EMS and Halton Police were called to the apartment complex in the Plains Road East and Francis Road area of southwest Burlington shortly before the noon hour for the apartment fire.

First arriving crews encountered smoke on the 9th floor as well as smoke billowing from the unit's balcony, fire crews quickly extinguished the small fire.

At the height of the fire, six trucks and 24 firefighters were on scene of the high-rise apartment building, that forced some residents to evacuate.

Fire officials report that no one was injured in the fire and the suspected cause is unattended cooking.